Tsukuyomi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 月読 (つくよみ, Tsukuyomi), originally a compound of 月 (つく, tsuku, “the moon”) + 読み (よみ, yomi, “reading”, ancient meaning of “counting”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊmi

Proper noun

Tsukuyomi

1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese moon god, son of Izanami and Izanagi and brother of Amaterasu, Susanoo, Ōyamatsumi and Kagutsuchi.

   Synonym: Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto

Coordinate terms

• Amaterasu
• Ame-no-Uzume

• Izanagi
• Izanami
• Kagutsuchi

• Ōyamatsumi
• Susanoo

Translations

Japanese moon god

• Arabic: تْسُوكُويُومِي m (tsūkūyūmī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 月讀／月读 (Yuèdú), 月读 (Yuèdú)

• Esperanto: Cukujomi
• Greek: Τσουκουγιόμι m (Tsoukougiómi), Τσουκιγιόμι m (Tsoukigiómi)
• Hungarian: Cukujomi
• Japanese: 月読, 月読み, 月夜見 (つくよみ, Tsukuyomi; つきよみ, Tsukiyomi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 쓰쿠요미 (Sseukuyomi), 쓰쿠요미노 미코토 (Sseukuyomino mikoto)
• Persian: تسوکویومی (Tsukuyomi)
• Russian: Цукиёми m (Cukijómi), Цукуёми m (Cukujómi)
• Slovene: Cukijomi m
• Tamil: சுக்குயோமி (cukkuyōmi)
• Thai: สึกุโยะมิ (sʉ̀-gù-yó-mí)
• Ukrainian: Цукуйо́мі m (Cukujómi)

• Hindi: त्सुकुयोमी

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Japanese

Romanization

Tsukuyomi

1. Rōmaji transcription of つくよみ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ツクヨミ